Milwaukee Rd F-units Marion yard ,Marion Iowa train 107
West bound Milwaukee Rd train 107 is coming into Marion Yard in Sept 1979 after a 11 hour trip starting at Savanna ILL.The trees almost block the Marion yard sign to the right.The yard is still being switched 24 hours a day with crews working back and forth from Cedar Rapids.This yard will be full of cars by late tonight from Cedar Rapids switch job.These covered wagons will return back to savanna the next day.all of us stayed over night in our car till the crews went back on duty at 200am.We rode back with the train while one of the crews drove our car back to Delmar.You could never think of doing this today.The Mangler family which had more than 20 members of the family working for the railroad back then were very kind to us photographers
Milwaukee Rd F-units Marion yard ,Marion Iowa train 107
West bound Milwaukee Rd train 107 is coming into Marion Yard in Sept 1979 after a 11 hour trip starting at Savanna ILL.The trees almost block the Marion yard sign to the right.The yard is still being switched 24 hours a day with crews working back and forth from Cedar Rapids.This yard will be full of cars by late tonight from Cedar Rapids switch job.These covered wagons will return back to savanna the next day.all of us stayed over night in our car till the crews went back on duty at 200am.We rode back with the train while one of the crews drove our car back to Delmar.You could never think of doing this today.The Mangler family which had more than 20 members of the family working for the railroad back then were very kind to us photographers